He was enthused. Engaged. Intense. And besides that, he looks like he has strength, some decent athleticism and some solid skills. On both ends of the floor.
“As tall…” Vader preached wingspan and motor. That’s what we got. Mutliple saves. May not count as rebounds for him but he gave Pitt a handful of extra chances and allowed them to get back in it. Just like Amsal, will need to watch fouls.
lol, love pantherlair experts, they said he was a year away from adding any production, including jim hammett
Well who can blame them when coming back from an ACL while not having any P4 experience doesn’t exactly scream first year impact.
every time you guys write off a player on here, i should bet my mortgage that they will have a career day tomorrow.
“You guys”? Lol. Not me. I have to be the most patient and forgiving person on these boards and you can research every Capel, Wannamaker, Mason Rudolph and Kenny Pickett thread as a frame of reference.
to the watch fouls list add Corhen, Ish, GDG, Cummings and Dunn upon return
he's averaging like 55 yards a game over the last 6 weeks, you guys jumped the gun on that one too. pumping him for the heisman in september was the epitome of spiking the ball before you reached the goal line.
I have given up on them also. Having said that, the Heisman is over the top, but, the kid is a special player that would average well over 100 yards from scrimmage if he were on a team with a COLLEGE OFFENSIVE LINE and just one or two capable skill players around him.
I mean, it’s actually 70 yards per game over the last 6 games at a respectable 4.75 ypc. That’s also ignoring his receiving yards. Sure, it ain’t heisman numbers. But you were out here acting like the dude didn’t belong at all.
im happy to discuss this and other football related topics on the football board around next july or august, the next time i will care about that team..
Always a good thing to have effective options. Pitt appears to have possibilities on the inside. Especially if Papa can continue to progress and improve.
He previously had two fouls and 3 turnovers in 17 mins of scrub time earlier. He showed flashes, but also raw. If you have five fouls against Wisky, they likely bank the free throws. Pitt lucked out after Kante’s second foul in that Ohio state missed both FT when up big. If thry make them to extend lead, possibly different outcome.
Yeah that was my point, in 7 prior games he only played 17 minutes of scrub time. And your stats are different than what I see, which are only 1 foul and 1 turnover in those prior 17 minutes.
Obviously will take more of a sample size to get a better feel for what value Papa may be able to provide as soon as this season. And would also imagine the ongoing strength and conditioning as the knee hopefully continues to improve, ought to allow for more stamina, endurance and speed, quickness, jumping ability, etc..
IMHO, if Kante can continue to provide anything like what he did at tOSU then G D-G can become only a last resort at the 5-spot. G D-G, IMO, lacks both the physical strength and the requisite skill set to be effective at anything other than playing as a 3/4.
JDG is basically relegated to scrub time with emergence of Kante. GDG will pick up his shooting. Not a bad problem to have.
I don't see why you can't put Kante into that #4 role
Well, both Corhen and G D-G can shoot jumpers so have game away from the basket. As far as I know, or have seen, Kante is strictly a score at, or near, the hoop guy. Generally, IMHO, you want a 4 to have some away from the hoop jump shooting skills.
ok, gotcha
